Ticked off! @ mail delivery

February 7, 2014|Ticked Off!, Diversions

I'm ticked off at the lady in the SUV who nearly ran me over in a clearly marked ped crossing on Maitland Ave., then had the audacity to lay on her horn. I was halfway across! Get off the road if you can't obey posted signage laws. You're an idiot.

I'm ticked off with folks in my neighborhood who have no pride. Please clean up your properties, stop parking on the lawn and remove commercial vehicles so we can all feel good about where we live. A neighborhood should not look like an industrial compound.

I'm ticked off that I mailed a thank you card in Winter Park on a Friday and my friend did not receive it in Baldwin Park until the following Friday. Seven days to move the mail five miles! I happen to like the post office because I like collecting stamps but this is really ridiculous!

I'm ticked off at those so called street memorials where flowers are put on a cross with a "drive safely" notice. Do we have to be reminded that somebody was killed on a certain spot? There is a place for this. It is called a cemetery. Somebody is making money off this silly idea.

The flip side

I would like to share my experience with a young man of about 8 years old. I was in line waiting to pay for my groceries when a felt a little tap on my lower back. When I turned around, there stood a young boy with his hand out saying, "Thank you for your service sir." I was wearing my "World War II" veterans hat. I just can't tell you how my heart melted. Thank you, young man, your parents are teaching you well.